LISTED AND PROPOSED ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES AND CRITICAL HABITAT; CANDIDATE SPECIES; AND SPECIES OF CONCERN

IN PIERCE COUNTY

AS PREPARED BY

THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

WESTERN WASHINGTON FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICE

(Revised November 1, 2007)

LISTED

Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)

Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Gray wolf (Canis lupus)

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos = U. a. horribilis)

Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)

Northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina)

Major concerns that should be addressed in your Biological Assessment of project impacts to listed species include:

1.         Level of use of the project area by listed species.

2.         Effect of the project on listed species' primary food stocks, prey species, and foraging areas in all areas influenced by the project.

3.         Impacts from project activities and implementation (e.g., increased noise levels, increased human activity and/or access, loss or degradation of habitat) that may result in disturbance to listed species and/or their avoidance of the project area.

Arenaria paludicola (marsh sandwort) [historic]

Castilleja levisecta (golden paintbrush) [historic]

Howellia aquatilis (water howellia)

Major concerns that should be addressed in your Biological Assessment of project impacts to listed plant species include:

1.         Distribution of taxon in project vicinity.

2.         Disturbance (trampling, uprooting, collecting, etc.) of individual plants and loss of habitat.

3.         Changes in hydrology where taxon is found.

DESIGNATED

Critical habitat for bull trout

Critical habitat for the marbled murrelet

Critical habitat for the northern spotted owl

PROPOSED

None

CANDIDATE

Mardon skipper (Polites mardon)

(Roy Prairie and Tacoma) Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama ssp. glacialis and tacomensis [historic])

Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa)

Streaked horned lark (Eremophila alpestris strigata)

Taylor’s checkerspot (Euphydryas editha taylori)

Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

SPECIES OF CONCERN

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

California wolverine (Gulo gulo luteus)

Cascades frog (Rana cascadae)

Fender's soliperlan stonefly (Soliperla fenderi)

Larch Mountain salamander (Plethodon larselli)

Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis)

Long-legged myotis (Myotis volans)

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)

Northwestern pond turtle (Emys (= Clemmys) marmorata marmorata)

Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

Oregon vesper sparrow (Pooectetes gramineus affinis)

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata)

Pacific Townsend=s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii)

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

River lamprey (Lampetra ayresi)

Slender‑billed white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis aculeata)

Tailed frog (Ascaphus truei)

Valley silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene bremeri)

Western gray squirrel (Scirius griseus griseus)

Van Dyke=s salamander (Plethodon vandykei)

Aster curtus (white-top aster)

Botrychium ascendens (triangular-lobed moonwort)

Castilleja cryptantha (obscure paintbrush)

Cimicifuga elata (tall bugbane)

Cypripedium fasiculatum (clustered lady=s slipper)

Lathyrus torreyi (Torrey's peavine)